Improvement in shirt-bosoms



.|. RAMSEY, .|r.

Shirt Bosoms.

Patented May 5.11874.

No.l5 0,483.

ATTDBNEYS.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN RAMSEY, JR., OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND MIDDLETOWN SHIRT COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRTfBOSOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,483, dated May 5,1874; application filed March 7, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN BAMsEY, Jr., of Middletown, in the countyof Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedShirt-Bosom, of. which the following is a specification:v

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view of myimproved shirtbosom for open-back shirts 5 and Fig. 2, a horizontaltransverse section of the same on the line c c, Fig. l, showingarrangement of plaits and method of stitching to front part of shirt.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish an improved shirt-bosom forshirts opening at the back, which is made of one continuous piece, andfolded into regular plaits, so as to produce a neat outside appearance,retain its stiffness, and save material thereby. My invention consistsof a shirt-bosom folded of one piece, with side plaits and re-enforcedmiddle plaits overlapping narrower plaits at the under sideand securedto the shirt by the stitching that defines the middle plait, and at eachside of the bosom.

A in the drawing represents a shirt which is opened at the back, and Bthe improved bosom connected to the front part thereof. The bosom B ismade of one continuous'piece of linen or other fabric, made of three ormore plaits, C, which are obtained by lapping the edges of the same overnarrower T-shaped plaits C', folded continuously therewith, as shownplainly in Fig. 2. One or both of the lower narrower side plaits C ofthe middle plaits are run under the full width of the middle plait, soas to re-enforce and stiffen the same, while the side plaits are only ofone thickness of fabric. The outermost ends of the plaits are merelyfolded over. The reenforcing of this middle plait gives greater strengthto the part most exposed to wear, while the side plaits t easily to thecurve of the chest. The bosom is folded, but not stitched, previous toits. application to the shirt. When applied to the same, the stitchingis run at both sides of the middle plait and at the outermost ends ofthe side plaits, forming thereby an intimate connection with the shirtwithout any eXtra stitching of the bosom. The simplicity and neatness ofthe bosom, together with the saving in material and stitch, make thesame advantageous for general use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The shirt-bosom B, composed of the plaits C,constructed and arranged as shown au'. described, for the purpose setforth.

JONATHAN RAMSEY, JR.`

